Is There a Way to Move Our Primary Elections From 20 to 50?

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In congressional districts, because they're so jerrymandered. My districts like an r plus nine, which means generic republican vers generic democrat. If we could move our primary electorate participation from like, 20 to 50, i actually think our politics would moderate and they would improve more than most people realize. We all just got our maps redrawn. And what happened is fewer districts are now toss ups. So there's aly fewer at play. And the existing districts are now more extreme. This one little trickyethis one thing that to do, like get engaged, actually follow the primary and look and do i like this candidate or not? They mail you a booklet. It's right

This episode is a first for Acquired: we’re joined by a sitting US Congressman (from Ben’s home state of Ohio!), Republican House Representative Anthony Gonzalez. Anthony serves on the House Financial Services Committee and is deeply involved in crypto and Web3 regulation, as well as on the Climate and Science, Space & Technology Committee where he oversees NASA among many other agencies. His also has an absolutely incredible story — his family immigrated from Cuba to Ohio, he played in the NFL, he was COO of an Investment Group of Santa Barbara backed startup, and he was one of a small number of Republican congresspeople who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump after the events January 6th.

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